This Certain Muggle-Born

"Red hair, vivid green eyes, perfection.. ahh.. Umm.. Who is she exactly?" James Potter was feeling uneasy in thinking about this girl he doesn't know well.

"Psst, Psst"

"James, James!" someone beside James whispered

"Huh?" startled James, suddenly back to reality.

"… and so Hogwarts is born, with Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin as the founders, or leaders." The sound of Professor Binns was heard vaguely through the midst of James friend and James' conversation.

"See, I reckon there might be another secret passage to Honeydukes! Time for some invisibility cloak, eh? What do you say, James?" James friend said.

"I don't know, Sirius. I've been distracted easily, and this passage, I can't concentrate!" James answered.

"Oh come on… What can be wrong and strong enough to distract you from an adventure?" Sirius Black said.

"nothing, nothing." James tried to cover Sirius' suspicions. Sirius' lips twisted into a smile.

"Can it be something I don't know? Have you been planning my birthday present early? Or is there a girl?" Sirius insisted.

"The latter actually. Well, about your birthday, I'm not telling anything." James smiled. Sirius always knew what's with James, whether its sadness, curiosity, or even love.

"Oh! I knew it! Is it that pretty Ravenclaw girl? Umm, what's her name, Cassandra Beatrice??"

"Nahh, she's a Gryffindor, obviously" James hinted. "and in our year" he added hastily.

"Oh, don't say, not that Sienna Reese. Or is it Olivia Sweetheart? No, no, no, it can't be. Well, then it got to be Leah McGraw…" Sirius guessed quickly.

"No, no, none of those, she's a muggle-born, she's Li…" James was cut mid-sentence.

"Lily Evans?" Sirius questioned rather harshly.

"Well, I guess, you know her?" James replied.

"Not that much, she's that clever girl, isn't she? Haven't talked to her over ten times since our first experience in the Hogwarts Express." Sirius explained.

"Then we should talk to her more often! Look, there she is! Come on!" James asked Sirius to company him in talking to Lily. The History of Magic class came and went so fast, it's time for lunch break. Usually, James feel like all his problems are lifted, but now, in the state of pursuing a girl whom he rarely talk to, he felt his bloods thundering through his veins.

At last, James managed to catch up with Lily, and with Sirius close behind, he walked by Lily and started a conversation at a sudden.

"Hey, Evans right?" James said breathlessly, while still catching up with Lily.

From behind, James heard Sirius called "Hey, wait, Elleanora! I need to ask you about yesterday's grammatical! Hey!" and James heard Lily's friend, who's just beside her say,

"Well, see you in the great hall Lily." She giggled and turn away.

"Okay Regina" Lily said, her voice amplified, and James can swear Lily turned a shade pinker.

"So… having a busy time lately? Evans?" James continued his previous attempt, and to his surprise, Lily answered quite warmly, even though still walking pretty quickly,

"No, not really, been enjoying quite a lot of leisure times actually. Potter right? We had a conversation in the Hogwarts Express I reckon?"

"Yes I believe so." James answered quite immediately, still taken aback by Lily's response. Throughout the rest of their journey to the great hall, they remain quite quiet. This journey took what felt like a surprisingly long time, and even then the awkwardness still can carry on. Everywhere they go, people started stirring in their seats and whispering. As if Lily read James' mind, as soon as James feel like running and screaming like a little girl, she said, in a whisper-like voice,

"I need to find my friend, nice talking to you."

"Wait, I'll go with you, your friend's the one that went with Sirius isn't she? Regina if I'm not mistaken?" James bellowed.

"Oh. Err… no, it's someone else. You better go there; I think they're smiling at you." Lily pointed to a certain area behind James. Even though its true and she's quite accurate at pointing to exactly where James can see his other friends Lupin and Peter, as James turned to face back to Lily, to James' disappointment, she's gone.